2016: Marco Rubio, Hillary Clinton top picks, poll shows

Florida Sen. Marco Rubio is the top pick for the 2016 GOP presidential nomination, with a narrow lead over other hopefuls, according to a poll out Thursday, while Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is the overwhelming favorite for the Democratic nod.

Rubio was the top choice of 18 percent of Republicans surveyed, leading New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, who took 14 percent, and Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, who both clocked in with 12 percent support, according to a new poll from Public Policy Polling. Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, a 2008 GOP hopeful, was close behind with 11 percent support.

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On the Democratic side, a whopping 61 percent of those surveyed said they wanted to see Clinton score the Democratic nomination for president in 2016. She was followed by Vice President Joe Biden, who was the pick of 12 percent, the same percent who said they were undecided or wanted some other candidate. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren were a distant fourth with 5 percent and fifth place with 4 percent, respectively.

The poll surveyed 454 Democratic primary voters, with a margin of error of plus or minus 4.6 percentage points, and 475 Republican primary voters, with a margin of error of 4.5 percentage points.

The GOP calculates that supporting either Jeb or Rubio solves their Hispanic problem and puts Florida in their column without changing their draconian policies. Unless there is a huge paradeign shift, Hillary will likely be the next president. The GOP still has not figured out that putting "window dressing" on their policies will no longer achieve electoral success. When the next census comes, it will be a presidential year which will make GOP gerrymandering far more difficult. Redistricting is the only thing that saved the GOP from losing the House this last time.

As I see it Apparently you do not realize that most Floridians would not vote for Rubio. Betting on hispanics and the unintelligent shows what a real patriot you are. It is difficult to understand how liberals cheer the undermining of the United States in their fiscal and immoral proposals. You also forget that Hillary Clinton will not bring out the black vote. By the time 2016 gets here, the country will be in such a poor state that even the staunchest democrats will realize that a change needs to be made and that even GWB did not leave the country in such a sorry state.